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<h1>DScaler - version 4.2.2</h1>

<h2>What's New</h2>

<p>See <a href="News.htm">News</a>.</p>

<h2>License:</h2>

<p>This file is subject to the terms of the <a href=
"COPYING.html">GNU General Public
License</a> as published by the Free Software Foundation. A copy
of this license is included with this software distribution in
the file COPYING.html. If you do not have a copy, you may obtain
a copy by writing to the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave,
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.</p>

<p>This software is distributed in the hope that it will be
useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
See the GNU General Public License for more details</p>

<h2>Requirements:</h2>

<ul>
<li>I think it will run on Win 95/98 and NT. I have tested it on
98, ME and Windows 2000.</li>
<li>You will need a processor faster than about Pentium II 400MHz
to use all the features.</li>
<li>You will definitely need a PCI TV card with a BT848 BT849
BT878 BT879 CX23880 CX23881 CX23883 or SAA7134 chip in it.</li>
<li>You will a graphics card that supports YUY2 overlays and has enough video memory
spare for the video buffers DScaler uses.</li>
<li>This software will not work with the video in sections of ATI All-in-Wonder 
or Matrox TV cards.  These multifunction cards are supported for output though.</li>
</ul>

<h2>Increased Processor Requirements</h2>
<p>Some of the improvements to film detect since version 2.3.0 have increased
the processor requirements.  DScaler may not now run on slower hardware.</p>

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<h1>Warning</h1>

<p>This program installs a temporary driver
while it runs.  This means that some of the code runs inside
Ring0 along with the kernel.  What this means is that if anything
goes wrong this program can crash your whole system causing a
BSOD in NT or a hanging 95/98.  Please do not use kill task to stop DScaler except 
as a last resort.</p>

<p>If using a debugger then it it is
very important that the program is allowed to shut down
normally.  If you use Stop Debugging while running the program
you system WILL crash.</p>

<p>As a precaution sync the disks before
running this program.  Use the sync utility from <a target="_blank" href=
"http://www.sysinternals.com/">http://www.sysinternals.com/</a>
for whichever operating system you are running.</p>
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<p><a href="Authors.htm">Authors</a></p>

<p><a href="Thanks.htm">Thanks</a></p>

<p><a href="IniFile.htm">Ini File Settings</a></p>

<p><a href="keyboard.htm">Keyboard Shortcuts</a></p>

<h2>Enjoy!</h2>

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